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Ballistic Pendulum

Fire a bullet into a block. Find its speed from the swing, the slide or the landing.

Physics · Class 11 · A hit, then a swing, a slide or a flight · 6 simulations. For JEE, NEET and your boards.

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What you'll learn

  1. Swing up: Two stages: the hit keeps momentum, the swing keeps energy
  2. Slide to a stop: The hit keeps momentum. Then friction takes the KE.
  3. Swing and hit: Energy, then momentum, then energy again
  4. Through the ball: Both fall for the same time
  5. Right round: A string needs √(5gL) at the bottom
  6. Meet at the top: They stick: momentum along the ground is kept